genpass

Quick password generation (now in Rust)

Copyright 2026 Axiom Data Science, LLC

See LICENSE for details.

Usage

genpass [OPTIONS]

Options:

-n, --length <LENGTH>    Password length [default: 32]
-s, --secure             Include all special characters (~!@#$%^&*()_+`-=[]{};':",./<>?\|)
-u, --semi-secure        Include safer special characters only (_+-=?)
-h, --help               Print help
-V, --version            Print version

Examples:

genpass                        # 32-character alphanumeric password
genpass -n 64                  # 64-character alphanumeric password
genpass --secure               # 32-character password with all special characters
genpass -n 16 --semi-secure    # 16-character password with safer special characters

Building

Requires Rust — see Install Rust for details.

cargo build --release

The compiled binary will be at target/release/genpass.

To run without installing:

cargo run -- [OPTIONS]

For more on cargo, see The Cargo Book.